We all call it – and most of the time, let’s face it, we do not even mean it.
Well, now researchers have supported the theory, after saying “sorry” to the UK people, by 15 different methods, only one with really one expresses true regrets.
After examining various scenarios, we use forgiveness, they say that the crowd of meanings also creates confusion for foreigners, which believes a literal Apologies Other uses of the word are being made instead of accounting.
And they say that only one of them means true regret – when someone really regrets someone else’s bad news.
Karen Gringer, in a lecturer Linguistics The commission was commissioned to analyze forgiveness by Babel at the University of Sheffield Hallum, stating that “sorry” is often used in efforts to be humble, and also to work around social norms along the edge of disagreement or strangeness.
Britain says that “sorry” an average nine times a day, a previous survey suggested, a previous survey was suggested. Many times,
Matias Paterson, who is from Sweden, but lives in the UK, told the newspaper: “When I first started spending time with my British partner, how often I was called ‘Sorry’. First, I thought I thought I have done something wrong. He says sorry when we pass each other in the hall, when I handed over something to me, even the middle-minded.
“Now, even with our two -year -old daughter and other Britis, I met, I realized that ‘sorry’ is ‘existed’ from ‘Excuse Me’ from ‘of you’, and I hope it’s fine.”
“First of all, I did not know how I should answer – should I apologize back? Thank you? It was misleading, but it was also attractive: a small word carrying a thousand meanings. There were such secret rules that I had not yet learned. Over time, I have learned to love it. It seems less like a strange habit and more like a calm signal.”
Sophia Zambeli, who is a cultural and language specialist in Babel, said: “In British English, ‘sorry’ is a social lubricant, a solicitation or a reaction to mild discomfort because it is a real pardon. It makes a unique multiplicity to form the most attractive and simultaneously in the English language.”
Here are 15 ways that Britain use the word “sorry”:
- A real forgiveness is used when someone wants to show that they care about what another person is doing when they share bad news.
- Then passive is an aggressive use, such as “I forgive me if I make you angry.”
- If two people collide with each other, it is expected that both apologize, even if it is his fault.
- When someone is blocking your path, often using “forgiveness” is said to move them politely.
- “Sorry” can be used before a humble challenge, such as: “Sorry, but I disagree.”
- To apply the rules, “sorry” is often used before the rules are mentioned, for example, “Sorry, but you can’t sit there.”
- Then many times do “sorry” replace “forgiveness”? In the conversation when someone remembers what another person says.
- An apology can be used to express outrage, such as: “I am sorry but they were completely out of the line.”
- People often apologize while rejecting offers or plans.
- A “sorry” can come before someone else interrupts someone else.
- Before asking, to do something to someone, a “sorry” is often called.
- If you want to close someone who is trying to join with you, if you are busy, for example, usually you first apologize.
- “Sorry” is often said before speaking unfiltated.
- The minor rule-breaking can be prepared with forgiveness, such as: “Sorry, I just can’t resist.”
- If someone is suggesting reform, but is trying to be humble about it, then a person can say “forgiveness”.